Re: Announcement: STM 0.85r available

[tgooding@iastate.edu (Tom Gooding)]

In <1994Apr29.145601.19632@ultb.isc.rit.edu> pegfac@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:

>In article <1994Apr25.191815.58678@slate.mines.colorado.edu>, cozinga@slate.mines.colorado.edu (Chuck Ozinga) writes:
>>Kevin Lund (kevin@cassandra.ucr.edu) wrote:
>>: For anybody who's interested, version 0.85r of STM, the Apple
>>: II+ emulator, is now available by anonymous ftp from
>>: cassandra.ucr.edu, directory /pub/apple2.  There are substantial
>>: speed and feature improvements over v0.82.
>>  ^^^^^
>>
>>:   Kevin Lund (kevin@cassandra.ucr.edu)
>>
>>Great program, but does it really have to go faster?  Karateka is hard
>>enough at � 2 Mhz.  Oh well, might as well try it.
>             ^^^^^
>2 mhz??  You must have a really fast computer, because I'm only getting about
>750 Khz each time (of course I'm using the school's IIsi).  I never checked my
>mac I use at home (25 mhz '030 LCIII).

Not really fast.  My Centris 610 (20Mhz) will emulate an Apple // at about 2
Mhz.  Limiting speed is almost a necessity, otherwise some games are not
playable.

Tom Gooding